Do Rice Cookers Really Make a Difference? If you talked to me years ago, I would’ve told to just get the cheapest rice cooker – they’re all the same, you don’t even really need one! But times have changed and so has my mind, haha! Turns out, the rice cooker really makes a difference, and […]

A Whole Squid is Easily Deconstructed If you like to eat squid but have not cooked much with it because the idea of breaking down a whole squid seems intimidating, well this video is all you need! It’s really not hard…and in fact, once you see it, it’s almost as if squids were made for […]

Kaffir lime, also known as “makrut lime” is one of the most important ingredients in Thai cuisine. But most of the time we only use the leaves rather than the fruit. In this video I talk about everything you need to know to start cooking with kaffir lime leaves. I talk about what it is, […]

In this video I introduce my brand new baby to you! Also I took this opportunity to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything). I asked for questions submissions on Facebook and Instagram and boy were there lots of really good questions! If you want more AMA, there are some more questions answered on my Instagram […]

How to Use Whole Grain Rice in Your Cooking As much as I LOVE a beautiful bowl of fragrant white rice, there’s no denying that it isn’t the healthiest option. Lucky for us Thailand grows many different types of whole grain rice, namely brown rice, red rice and black rice, also known as riceberry. In […]

So you have curry paste, and of course you use it for curries…but is that all you can make? Not at all! There are SO many different delicious ways to incorporate curry pastes in to various dishes. Whether you buy the paste or make it, curry paste is one of the most versatile ingredients in […]

How do you choose a good curry paste? Should you be making your own? How do you store it? What IS a curry paste anyway? In this video I answer all of these questions and more! Curry paste is so key to Thai cooking, so to really understand curry paste is super important in understanding […]

Galangal is one of the most important ingredients in Thai cuisine, in fact, I often call it one of the holy trinity of Thai food (the other two being lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves). In this video I demystify galangal by talking about everything from how it smells, ways to use it and how to […]

The holiday season is coming up, so I thought I would make a gift guide for all the foodies in your life! These are items that I either received as gifts and liked, items that are on my wishlist, or just things that I think are generally cool and would make great gifts! A few […]

Yup, I tasted fish sauce straight up, just for you 🙂 Fish sauce is my favourite seasoning in the kitchen, and arguably the most important ingredient in a Thai kitchen! Fish sauce is used in almost all of my recipes, it is indeed our equivalent of salt in the Western kitchen. However, what’s a good […]